Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 53AGz62 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 24859
Locality: Field No. 53AGz62
Description: Lower third of shale and siltstone member of Matanuska Formation [Note by RBB: Jones, 1962, USGS Prof. Paper 432, p. 19 states: A. Grantz and L. Fay, 1953. Nelchina district, Anchorage (D-2) quad., lat. 61o 57'30" N., long. 147o 43'04" W., approximately 2.05 miles N. 47.5o W. of junction of Sheep Creek and Caribou Crek, on a northtrending tributary of Caribou Creek, approximately 0.76 mile upstream. Lower part of member 3 of Matanuska formation. Campanian. Inoceramus schmidti zone.]
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Anchorage D-2
Lat.: 61o57'30 " Long.: 147o43'04 "
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1954 (03/29)
Report by: Ralph W. Imlay
Referred by: Arthur Grantz
Age: Late Cretaceous
Formation: Matanuska Formation
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus schmidti Michael

Title: Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maestrichtian) Ammonites from Southern Alaska ,  1963
Report by: David L. Jones
Age: Campanian
Formation: Matanuska Formation
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus schmidti